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Heavy Metal Index

Assessing the health risks of consuming sachet alcohol in Acoli, Uganda

The paper measured 20 metals in sachet-packaged spirits, including vodka products. Table 4 in the text layer is a sum across metals, not a concentration of one metal. The per-metal table did not survive text extraction as element-specific cells. No element-specific vodka number is copied.

Key numbers

Data gap: no lead, cadmium, arsenic, mercury, nickel, chromium, or aluminum concentration is available for the sachet vodka rows from the text layer.

Methods (brief)

Sachet spirits from Acoli, Uganda. The products are sachet-packaged, not bottled spirits.

Evidence fitness

The paper documents sachet vodka in the sample list. It does not support an element-specific vodka concentration on this page.

Limitations

A summed metal index is not a single-metal concentration.

Update history

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